Lee to settle in copyright case

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Sep. 6, 2013

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Nelle Harper Lee and Hastings-on-Hudson literary agent Samuel Pinkus have reached an "agreement in principle" to settle a copyright lawsuit the famed author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" brought against him in May, a lawyer for Pinkus said Friday.

"The parties reached a mutually satisfactory resolution and everybody would like at this point to put it behind them," said attorney Vincent Carissimi of the firm Pepper Hamilton.

Carissimi said the settlement was reached in the past week, and papers to have the case dismissed would be filed in federal court next week. He declined to provide any ...